. Poems . ^k^ 3». c$h. 869 CUPIDS WITH THE CLUB OF HERCULES, Can Love, the light and idle boy,Accomplish such a task with ease ? And manage like a childish toy,The massy Club of Hercules ? O ! Love has many in his trainTo make all toil and labour light, And what he cant by force attain,He readily achieves by sleight. The strongest he can tame and bind,The most resolvd and stubborn move ; Yield then with grace, and you shall findA genrous conqueror in Love. POPPIES. He who these lovely flowers would chuse To steep them in lethean dews, Shall well their powers employ ; Our Saint their virtue so
. Poems . ^k^ 3». c$h. 869 CUPIDS WITH THE CLUB OF HERCULES, Can Love, the light and idle boy,Accomplish such a task with ease ? And manage like a childish toy,The massy Club of Hercules ? O ! Love has many in his trainTo make all toil and labour light, And what he cant by force attain,He readily achieves by sleight. The strongest he can tame and bind,The most resolvd and stubborn move ; Yield then with grace, and you shall findA genrous conqueror in Love. POPPIES. He who these lovely flowers would chuse To steep them in lethean dews, Shall well their powers employ ; Our Saint their virtue so prepares, They lull your grief, subdue your cares. But wake to love and L 870 TIME, LOVE, AND THE GRACES. As sporting in the myrtle shade, With infant Love the Graces playd ; Beneath their favord grove they spyd Old Time advance with rapid stride, And threaten, on his pinions gay To bear their play-fellow away ; They hid him in the deepest bower, And strewd his bed with leaf and flower, While trembling lay t
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